Teodoro Rafael YANGCO

(1861-1939)

YANGCO, Teodoro Rafael, a
Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands; born in San
Antonio, Province of Zambales, Philippine Islands, on November 9,
1861; attended the Ateneo de Manila (Jesuit College), and was
graduated from the University of St. Thomas in 1881; pursued a
commercial course in London, England, 1882-1886; engaged in the
construction and repair of vessels, in the operation of a line of
ferries, and also in mercantile pursuits; director of a life
insurance company and interested in various commercial and
charitable organizations in Manila; elected as a Nationalist a
Resident Commissioner to the United States, and served from March
4, 1917, to March 3, 1920; was not a candidate for renomination in
1920; resumed his former business activities in Manila, Philippine
Islands, until his death on April 20, 1939; interment in the
Cementerio del Norte.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present